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If Dmitry Medvedev is trying to looking tough, these kinds of photo ops won't help him change his image:

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev drives in a buggy at the presidential residence in Sochi on August 20, 2008.

 
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7:51 AM ET

August 21, 2008

He's just showing the world

He's just showing the world that he doesn't need to spend his petrorubles on Zils; Russia can be as zeleniy as the next country! Besides, who *wouldn't* want an electric car with Peter the Great under the seat?
 

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